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| After all, US President Joe Biden's Republican detractors were ridiculing him for quite some time. His predecessor and rival in the 2020 presidential election, former president Donald Trump, as well as others are exploiting his incoherent ramblings, which have provided all the ammunition that conservatives needed to have a field day.毕竟，美国总统拜登的共和党批评者已经抨击他很久了。前任美国总统、2020 年总统大选拜登的竞争对手唐纳德·特朗普以及其他人正在利用拜登的胡言乱语，作为共和党攻击他的武器。 |
| But the specific criticisms that Democrats and Republicans have of each other vary. The Democrats have the unfortunate stigma of being "doves" — a synonym for being "weak "and "soft on terror". On the other hand, Republicans are derided as "hawks" and warmongers who want fewer taxes and condemn the poor. |
| 但民主党人和共和党人对对方的具体批评不同。民主党人被指责是“鸽派”，表现"软弱"和"面对威胁不够强硬"。另一方面，共和党人被嘲为"鹰派"和战争贩子，他们希望减少税收并谴责穷人。 |
| The balloon, the White House argued, was part of a larger Chinese surveillance balloon program, and this violated US sovereignty. The Chinese countered that the US was sensationalizing nothing more than a weather balloon.白宫称，这个气球是中国侦查气球计划的一部分，侵犯了美国的主权。中国反驳称，美国只是在借气象气球炒作。 |
| It is in this context, of US culture wars, economic woes, societal fracturing and Biden's dismal approval ratings, that the mysterious balloon was a godsend. There's nothing like cold-hearted destruction to reaffirm caricatures of masculinity.美国正在处于文化冲突、经济困境、社会撕裂和拜登支持率萎靡的背景下，这个神秘的气球成了美国的一个天赐良机。没有什么比冷酷无情的“摧毁”更能彰显男子气概了。 |
| To be clear, some in Washington argued that it wasn't enough to shoot it down. China needs to be taught a lesson, they said, and the US must not back down. Biden was dutifully playing that role of the unapologetic, no-nonsense tough guy who was guarding fortress America and would call out China's misdeeds.需要说明的是，美国一些政客认为仅仅击落中国的气球是不够的。他们说，中国需要得到教训，美国绝不能退缩。拜登尽职尽责地扮演着守卫美国堡垒并“揭露”中国“不当行为”的专横、干脆的硬汉形象。 |
| Was it really that important? Apparently so, since Biden's approval ratings ticked slightly upward after the dramatic downing of the Chinese balloon by a Sidewinder missile costing around $400,000.这个气球真的有那么重要吗？显然是的，因为在耗资约40万美元的响尾蛇导弹戏剧性地击落中国气球后，拜登的支持率略有上升。 |
| However, the mainstream media is fickle. There was no sensationalist outcry, no dramatic footage of the downing of the balloons and no mass outrage. This balloon story lost steam. Here's some advice to the American people: Your welfare is not threatened by a balloon. It is threatened by mass shootings and by a ruling class that denies access to healthcare and affordable housing.然而，主流媒体善变。没有哗众取宠的抗议，没有气球坠落的戏剧性镜头，也没有大规模的愤怒。这个气球故事失去了价值。以下是对美国人民的一些建议：你们的社会福利不会受到气球的威胁，却会被大规模枪击事件以及拒绝提供医疗保险和负担得起的住房的统治阶级所威胁。 |
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